About the Seed Grant Program

Wildlife Preservation Canada is provides wildflower seed grants to restore and build important pollinator habitat all across Canada. Funding for the grants has been generously provided by Burt’s Bees.

Meet the 2017 recipients:

The winning applicants submitted seed planting and stewardship plans that were well researched, and demonstrated their commitment to the project for years to come. Most of all, the winners all had a strong desire to create habitat that will support native pollinators that are at risk of extinction due to habitat loss in their communities.

Location: Gimli, ManitobaHabitat: Interlake prairieAbout: The Rural Municipality of Gimli is dedicated to keeping native prairie plants and insects alive despite the changing soil and habitat conditions. The community will work together to establish a 0.4 ha wildflower plot and build a demonstration site to encourage the next generation of land stewardsLandowner:

Hawkridge Community Wildflowers

Location: Milford, OntarioHabitat: Roadside meadowAbout: A collective of heritage farms have gathered to cultivate a roadside area with wildflowers, along with an area situated between two forests atop the natural limestone ridge in a section of open meadow to be seeded.Landowners: Hawkridge Homestead; Kervan Farm; Lee & Howard Scott

Pays de Cocagne

Location: Cocagne, New BrunswickHabitat: Salt marsh riparian meadowAbout: The 0.5 ha wildflower site is a low-lying agricultural area adjacent to the Cocagne River that will be converted into a wildflower meadow to attract pollinators to benefit all adjacent habitats including the community garden.Landowner: Imelda BourqueProject managed by:

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Wildlife Preservation Canada saves animals on the brink of extinction. Since 1985, we’ve been saving critically endangered species – species whose numbers in the wild are so low that a great deal more than habitat protection is required to recover them.